We have been using Mikrotik for many years now as a core router and have been happy with it, but sometimes it chokes on DDOS attacks above 100,000 pps on a dual xeon. Has anyone compared Mikrotik to Vyatta when it comes to performance only (I understand the differences in the features and usability)?
I don't have a good benchmark test, but just sending a lot of packets through a Mikrotik puts the load around 25%, but sending the same packets through a Vyatta router (same hardware) puts almost no load at all on it.